X-Message-Number: 12458
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: CryoNet #12453 - #12457
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:27:37 +0100

I would suspect that anyone wanting to overthrow these obligations could
hawk it around the legal profession and courts until they found a
sympathetic judge who would set it aside. This would be particularly easy
unless there was someone (e.g. a cryonics organisation) willing to defend it
all the time. These defence costs would obviously have to be met from the
patient's funds which could be severely depleted as a result by the time he
is reanimated.

Sorry to be pessimistic - maybe there are lawyers reading this list who can
be more optimistic, if so I would certainly be pleased to be able to alter
my views, as this is a question very dear to my heart as I would love to be
able to think that I could make arrangements to return to my home in the UK
after reanimation. At the moment I feel that the legal costs of even trying
to make such arrangements would be far more than the property is worth, and
their chance of working far less than the technical problems associated with
cryopreservation and reanimation.

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----- Original Message ----- > Message #12454
> From: "Phillip Labry" <>
> Subject: Transition of real property
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:33:35 -0400
>    I was wondering if it is possible to leave your real property to
someone with certain legal responsibilities attached to ownership. For
example, I leave my land to my son with the obligation that he may not sell
it, he may only transfer ownership to others for free while also
transferring the same legal obligation of not being able to sell the
property. If you can do this and also keep a clause in the contractual
agreement that the original owner, upon successful resuscitation, will have
the option to reclaim the property you may be able to keep your property
available to you for centuries. You may even be able to put a clause that a
minimum yearly donation be made to any available cryonics organizations.
>
> In a way this would be like the legal rights associated with linux. It may
be freely used and it is a violation of the "copyleft" to sell it.

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